# lagartixa
## Fala
### Alternative forms

* lagartixha (Lagarteiru, Mañegu)

### Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese lagartixa, borrowed from Old Spanish lagartixa, from lagarto + -ixo.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /laɡaɾˈtiʃa/
* Rhymes: -iʃa
* Syllabification: la‧gar‧ti‧xa

### Noun

lagartixa f (plural lagartixas)
* (Valverdeñu) Iberian wall lizard (Podarcis hispanicus)

### References

* Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎, 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

## Galician
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese lagartixa, borrowed from Old Spanish lagartixa, from lagarto + -ixo.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /laɡaɾˈtiʃa/ [lɑ.ɣ̞ɑɾˈt̪i.ʃɐ]
* IPA: (standard) /laɡaɾˈtiʃa/ [lɑ.ɣ̞ɑɾˈt̪i.ʃɐ]
* IPA: (gheada) /laħaɾˈtiʃa/ [lɑ.ħɑɾˈt̪i.ʃɐ]
* Rhymes: -iʃa
* Hyphenation: la‧gar‧ti‧xa

### Noun

lagartixa f (plural lagartixas)
* a small lizard

#### Derived terms

* lagartixa de auga

### References

* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “lagartixa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “lagartixa”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “lagartixa”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Old Galician-Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Old Spanish lagartixa, from lagarto + -ixo.

### Noun

*lagartixa f (plural lagartixas)
* (hapax) a small lizard
** 1420, Álvaro Eans das Eiras, transl., Tratado de Albeitaria, translation of De Medicina Equorum by Giordano Ruffo, page 135:Deuese prjmeiramente rraer toda a chaga darredor et toma depois tres cabeças de llagartixas pisadas ia quanto llegaas sobre lla chaga.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Descendants

* Fala: lagartixa, lagartixha (Lagarteiru, Mañegu)
* Galician: lagartixa
* Portuguese: lagartixa (see there for further descendants)

### References

* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “lagartixa”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

## Old Spanish
### Etymology

From lagarto +‎ -ixa.

### Noun

lagartixa f (plural lagartixas)
* a small lizard
** 1490, Alfonso de Palencia, “Offiomace”, in Universal vocabulario en latin y en Romance, book 2 (overall work in Latin and Old Spanish), Sevilla: Paulo de Colonia, page 322V, column 2:por lagartixa como offis poꝛ coluebꝛa. ⁊ aſſi ſe diʒẽ offite vnos hereies que tomarõ nõbꝛe de colebꝛa. los quales diʒiã q̃ la ſerpiẽnte en el parayſo ĩtroduxera el cognoſcimiẽto dla vtud(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Descendants

* Spanish: lagartija
* Old Galician-Portuguese: lagartixa
** Fala: lagartixa, lagartixha (Lagarteiru, Mañegu)
** Galician: lagartixa
** Portuguese: lagartixa (see there for further descendants)

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* largatixa (eye dialect)

### Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese lagartixa, borrowed from Old Spanish lagartixa, from lagarto + -ixo.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /la.ɡaʁˈt͡ʃi.ʃɐ/ [la.ɡahˈt͡ʃi.ʃɐ]
* (Brazil) IPA: /la.ɡaʁˈt͡ʃi.ʃɐ/ [la.ɡahˈt͡ʃi.ʃɐ]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /la.ɡaɾˈt͡ʃi.ʃɐ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /la.ɡaʁˈt͡ʃi.ʃɐ/ [la.ɡaχˈt͡ʃi.ʃɐ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /la.ɡaɻˈt͡ʃi.ʃa/
* (Portugal) IPA: /lɐ.ɡɐɾˈti.ʃɐ/ [lɐ.ɣɐɾˈti.ʃɐ]
* Rhymes: -iʃɐ
* Hyphenation: la‧gar‧ti‧xa

### Noun

lagartixa f (plural lagartixas)
* a small lizard
    Synonym: (Brazil) calango
* (chiefly Brazil) any small, wall-crawling lizard species, such as a house lizard
* (Brazil, derogatory) an ugly skinny person, especially a woman

#### Descendants

* → Hunsrik: Lagartisch

### References

* “lagartixa”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
* “lagartixa”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025